Abu al-Faraj al-Muqri
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Abu al-Faraj al-Muqri (d. 618 AH / 1221 CE) was a Hanafi scholar, Quranic reciter, and hadith compiler based in Damascus, known for his hadith collection on warfare and border defense, Kitab al-Arba'in fi al-Jihad wa-l-Mujahidin (The Book of Forty [Hadiths] on Jihad and the Mujahidin) .
Lineage and Career
His full name was Ibrahim ibn Yusuf ibn Muhammad ibn al-Buni al-Ma'afiri, bearing the honorific title Wajih al-Din and the kunya Abu al-Faraj . He served as the imam of the Hanafi community at the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus . He maintained a regular teaching circle for Quranic recitation at the mosque in the location formerly occupied by the circle of Ibn Tawus, situated to the north of the circle of Jamal al-Islam Abu al-Hasan Ibn al-Shahrazuri .
In hadith, he studied under the historian and traditionist Abu al-Qasim Ibn Asakir and other contemporary scholars . Among those who transmitted from him were al-Imad Ali ibn al-Qasim Ibn Asakir and al-Shihab al-Qusi . As an author in the forty-hadith genre, he compiled Kitab al-Arba'in fi al-Jihad wa-l-Mujahidin, gathering prophetic traditions with chains of transmission regarding the virtues of military engagement and ribat .
Standing and Death
The historian Abu Shamah characterized him as one of the prominent and esteemed master reciters of his era, praising him as virtuous, benevolent, and humble . He died on 22 Shawwal 618 AH .
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Kitab al-Arbaeen fi al-Jihad wa al-Mujahidin (The Book of Forty [Hadiths] on Jihad and the Mujahidin) is a specialized hadith compilation devoted to prophetic traditions concerning the virtues of jihad and those who take part in it. Belonging to the forty-hadith genre, the collection gathers reports centered on military struggle and border guard duty, recording traditions with chains of transmission tracing back to the Prophet.